geniculate body 1
noundomain: body part
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
Hypernym
a structure that is part of the nervous system
Part_meronym
thalamus 1
noun
large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
EnglishHyponym
a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
Part_holonym
thalamus 1
noun
large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
